2005 12 Hours of Sebring

The 2005 12 Hours of Sebring was the 53rd running of this event, and took place on March 19, 2005. The race was sponsored by Mobil 1 and was the opening race of the 2005 American Le Mans Series season run by IMSA.

Track map of the Sebring International Raceway

Audi R8

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
					Engine
1	LMP1	1	ADT Champion Racing	JJ Lehto   Marco Werner   Tom Kristensen	Audi R8	M	361
					Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8
2	LMP1	2	ADT Champion Racing	Emanuele Pirro   Frank Biela   Allan McNish	Audi R8	M	361
					Audi 3.6 L Turbo V8
3	LMP1	16	Dyson Racing	James Weaver   Andy Wallace   Butch Leitzinger	MG-Lola EX257	M	341
					MG (AER) XP20 2.0 L Turbo I4
4	GT1	57	Aston Martin Racing	Darren Turner   David Brabham   Stéphane Ortelli	Aston Martin DBR9	M	338
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
5	GT1	3	Corvette Racing	Ron Fellows   Johnny O'Connell   Max Papis	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	337
					Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
6	GT1	4	Corvette Racing	Oliver Gavin   Olivier Beretta   Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	M	323
					Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
7	GT2	31	Petersen Motorsports   White Lightning Racing	Lucas Luhr   Jörg Bergmeister   Patrick Long	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	321
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
8	GT1	63	ACEMCO Motorsports	Johnny Mowlem   Terry Borcheller   Ralf Kelleners	Saleen S7-R	M	318
					Ford 7.0 L V8
9	GT1	35	Maserati Corse   Risi Competizione	Andrea Bertolini   Fabio Babini   Fabrizio de Simone	Maserati MC12	P	316
					Maserati 6.0 L V12
10	GT1	5	Pacific Coast Motorsports	Ryan Dalziel   Alex Figge   David Empringham	Chevrolet Corvette C5-R	Y	315
					Chevrolet LS7R 7.0 L V8
11	GT2	79	J3 Racing	Tim Sugden   Niclas Jönsson	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	P	314
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
12	LMP2	10	Miracle Motorsports	Jeff Bucknum   Chris McMurry   Ian James	Courage C65	K	311
					AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
13	GT2	45	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Jon Fogarty   Johannes van Overbeek   Darren Law	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	311
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
14	GT1	71	Carsport America	Jean-Philippe Belloc   Michele Rugolo   Tom Weickardt	Dodge Viper GTS-R	P	310
					Dodge 8.0 L V10
15	GT1	58	Aston Martin Racing	Peter Kox   Pedro Lamy   Stéphane Sarrazin	Aston Martin DBR9	M	303
					Aston Martin 6.0 L V12
16	GT2	66	TRG	Tracy Krohn   Michael Cawley   Marc Sluszny	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	297
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
17	GT2	96	IN2 Racing	Michael Vergers   Juan Barazi   Andrew Thompson	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	D	278
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
18	GT2	34	ZIP Racing	Spencer Pumpelly   Andy Lally   Steven Ivankovich	Porsche 911 GT3-R	P	275
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
19 DNF	LMP1	20	Dyson Racing	Chris Dyson   Guy Smith	MG-Lola EX257	M	264
					MG (AER) XP20 2.0L Turbo I4
20 NC	GT2	51	Panoz Motor Sports	Gunnar Jeannette   Bryan Sellers   Scott Maxwell	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	P	239
					Ford (Elan) 5.0 L V8
21 DNF	LMP2	27	Kruse Motorsport	Ian Mitchell   Phillip Bennett   Harold Primat	Courage C65	P	238
					Judd XV675 3.4 L V8
22 DNF	GT2	43	BAM!	Mike Rockenfeller   Martin Jensen   Tony Burgess	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Y	207
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
23 DNF	LMP1	12	Autocon Motorsports	Michael Lewis   Tomy Drissi   Bryan Willman	Riley & Scott Mk III C	D	202
					Elan 6L8 6.0 L V8
24 DNF	LMP2	37	Telesis Intersport Racing	Jon Field   Duncan Dayton   Gregor Fisken	Lola B05/40	G	166
					AER P07 2.0 L Turbo I4
25 DNF	GT1	83	Graham Nash Motorsport	Nigel Smith   Ricky Cole   Rick Sutherland	Saleen S7-R	P	159
					Ford 7.0 L V8
26 DNF	GT2	41	Team LNT	Richard Dean   Patrick Pearce   Marc Hynes	TVR Tuscan T400R	D	157
					TVR Speed Six 4.0 L I6
27 DNF	GT1	86	Larbre Compétition	Christophe Bouchut   Fabrizio Gollin   Sébastien Bourdais	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	M	155
					Ferrari 5.9 L V12
28 DNF	GT2	40	Team LNT	Jonny Kane   Warren Hughes   Lawrence Tomlinson	TVR Tuscan T400R	D	136
					TVR Speed Six 4.0 L I6
29 DNF	LMP1	88	Rollcentre Racing	João Barbosa   Didier Theys   Michael Krumm	Dallara SP1	M	130
					Nissan 3.6 L Turbo V8
30 DNF	GT2	50	Panoz Motor Sports	Bill Auberlen   Robin Liddell   Emanuele Naspetti	Panoz Esperante GT-LM	P	121
					Ford (Elan) 5.0 L V8
31 DNF	GT2	48	Spyker Squadron	Tom Coronel   Donny Crevels   Marc Goossens	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	D	121
					Audi (Mader) 3.8 L V8
32 DNF	GT2	23	Alex Job Racing	Timo Bernhard   Sascha Maassen   Romain Dumas	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	98
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
33 DNF	LMP2	30	Telesis Intersport Racing	Clint Field   Liz Halliday   Gareth Ridpath	Lola B2K/40	P	62
					Judd XV675 3.4 L V8
34 DNF	GT2	24	Alex Job Racing	Randy Pobst   Ian Baas   Brian Cunningham	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	62
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
35 DNF	GT2	44	Flying Lizard Motorsports	Lonnie Pechnik   David Murry   Seth Neiman	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	46
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
36 DNF	GT2	67	TRG	Pierre Ehret   Kevin Buckler   Andrew Davis	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	M	21
					Porsche 3.6 L Flat-6
37 DNF	GT2	47	Spyker Squadron	Peter van Merksteijn   Frans Munsterhuis   Marino Franchitti	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	D	18
					Audi (Mader) 3.8 L V8
38 DNF	LMP2	15	Binnie Motorsports	William Binnie   Robert Julien   Adam Sharpe	Lola B05/40	P	11
					Nicholson-McLaren 3.3 L V8

Statistics

• Pole Position - #1 ADT Champion Racing - Grid set by combined practice times
• Fastest Lap - #1 ADT Champion Racing - 1:48.580
• Distance - 1,335.7 miles (2,149.6 km)
• Average Speed - 111.028 mph (178.682 km/h)

External links

• (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 2006-10-30. (308 KiB)

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